Burke: Balsamorhiza vs. Balsamorhiza incana

	Balsamorhiza	Balsamorhiza incana
	balsamroot	hoary balsamroot, woolly balsamroot
Habit		Perennial from a carrot-like taproot, 1.5-7 dm. tall.
Leaves		Basal leaves 1-4.5 dm. long, pinnatifid, the divisions 1.5-6 cm. long, entire or with a few coarse teeth, up to 4 cm. wide; a pair of reduced, pinnatifid cauline leaves borne just above the base of the stem; leaves silky with long, soft, tangled hairs.
Flowers		Heads solitary, large; involucre very woolly, its bracts ovate or lanceolate; rays about 13, pale yellow, 3-6 cm. long.
Fruits		Achenes glabrous.

	Balsamorhiza	Balsamorhiza incana
Identification notes		The silky-woolly hairs throughout the plant should separate B. incana from our other species with pinnatifid leaves, B. hookeri.
Flowering time		May-July
Habitat		Mesic meadows and slopes at lower to moderate elevations in the mountains.
Distribution	[BONAP county map]	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in the southeastern counties in Washington; southeastern Washington to adjacent Oregon, east through Idaho to Montana and Wyoming. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern	Not of concern
Sibling taxa		B. ×bonseri, B. careyana, B. careyana × B. hookeri, B. deltoidea, B. hookeri, B. hookeri × B. sagittata, B. rosea, B. sagittata, B. serrata, B. ×terebinthacea, B. ×tomentosa
Subordinate taxa	B. ×bonseri, B. careyana, B. careyana × B. hookeri, B. deltoidea, B. hookeri, B. hookeri × B. sagittata, B. incana, B. rosea, B. sagittata, B. serrata, B. ×terebinthacea, B. ×tomentosa
Web links	Local floras: CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Balsamorhiza incana

balsamroot

hoary balsamroot, woolly balsamroot

Habit

Perennial from a carrot-like taproot, 1.5-7 dm. tall.

Leaves

Basal leaves 1-4.5 dm. long, pinnatifid, the divisions 1.5-6 cm. long, entire or with a few coarse teeth, up to 4 cm. wide; a pair of reduced, pinnatifid cauline leaves borne just above the base of the stem;

leaves silky with long, soft, tangled hairs.

Flowers

Heads solitary, large;

involucre very woolly, its bracts ovate or lanceolate;

rays about 13, pale yellow, 3-6 cm. long.

Fruits

Achenes glabrous.

Balsamorhiza

Balsamorhiza incana

Identification notes

The silky-woolly hairs throughout the plant should separate B. incana from our other species with pinnatifid leaves, B. hookeri.

Flowering time

May-July

Habitat

Mesic meadows and slopes at lower to moderate elevations in the mountains.

Distribution

[BONAP county map]

Occurring east of the Cascades crest in the southeastern counties in Washington; southeastern Washington to adjacent Oregon, east through Idaho to Montana and Wyoming.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Native

Conservation status

Not of concern

Sibling taxa